Discussions
Technology, operations, & marketing topics relevant to today's RIAs
The Adversarial Broker/RIA Relationship
Earlier this week I was asked what we do at Integrated Advisor Solutions. Of course my first thought was, “Go visit our website.” Instead, I proceeded to explain how our mission is to provide technologically advanced solutions common to the …
Can Dell Reinvent Itself?
I received an interesting email from Michael Dell yesterday evening detailing Dell’s ongoing relationship with Integrated Advisor Solutions. We’ve been a Preferred Provider for Dell for many years, so we’ve always had somewhat of an inside track into the company’s …
Deliver Custom Axys Performance Reports
How to accommodate unique client reporting requests and maintain your sanity
We’re big fans of automating as many quarter-end reporting tasks as possible. So when one of our clients approached us last week trying to choose between creating and maintaining a custom Excel spreadsheet or modifying an Advent Axys catalog performance …
Cloud Computing and RIAs
The changing face of IT
I’m old enough to remember the “dumb terminals” and “big iron” used throughout the financial services sector back in the 1980’s and even into the mid 1990’s. Of course, the proliferation of inexpensive personal computers combined with the graphical user …
Inbound Marketing for RIAs
Leverage the power of online search
The global marketing landscape is quietly undergoing a significant transformation due to recent technological trends. We believe this transformation will mandate a paradigm shift be embraced by your firm with respect to its marketing efforts if your firm desires to …
Website Development for RIAs
Leveraging modern tools for online branding purposes
In Social Media for RIAs Part III, I made the case for increasing your firm’s online exposure by driving traffic to your website and allowing viewers to share your website content via their social media use, not your firm’s …
Web Development and Regulatory Aspects
Part III in a series analyzing social media and RIAs
In Part I, we discussed some of the perils of social media use relative to the RIA business model. But, we also identified two legitimate uses, in our opinion, of social media for RIAs – content distribution and social …
Content Distribution and Social Media
Part II in a series analyzing social media and RIAs
In Part I of this topic, we identified the two best uses, in our opinion, of the social media explosion that RIAs should leverage right now. We believe RIAs should (1) exploit the segregative nature of social media for the …
Social Media for RIAs
Part I of III in a comprehensive analysis series
The topic of social media use by the registered investment advisory community, including the how, where, why and when, merits a pretty thorough discussion; and it is one which we have been really excited to share with the community. Because …